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St. Johns Wort

St. Johns Wort

Saint Johns Wort

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bai bian dou 白扁豆 Dolichoris Lablab, Semen

Hyacinth Bean Properties: SWEET - NEUTRAL
Dosage: 9-21g.
Meridian: SPLEEN, STOMACH

-strengthen spleen Qi
– stops diarrhea
-clears heat & dampness
– diarrhea & vomit

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bai bian dou 白扁豆 Dolichoris Lablab, Semen in Storage
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Mu Xiang

Radix Aucklandiae Lappae

Properties: PUNGENT, BITTER - WARM
Dosage: 1.5-9g.
Meridian: GALLBLADDER, LARGE INTESTINE, STOMACH

-promote movement of Qi, alleviate pain (stomach and abdominalPain), TENESMUS
-regulates Stagnated Qi in intestines, clears damp heat -Jaundice, Dysentery, Diarrhea
-strengten spleen, digestive disorders

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Wu Gong 蜈蚣 Scolopendra Subspinipes

Properties: PUNGENT - WARM - TOXIC
Dosage: 0.9-3g.
Meridian: LIVER

-clears wind and spasm – lock jaw, sezures, convulsions
-dissipate toxins and nodules - sores, carbuncles, neck lumps snake bite
-unblocks collaterals -painful headaches

 

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Bai Dou Kou

 

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Ze Xie 澤瀉

Ze Xie

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Long Dan Cao 龍膽草

Long Dan Cao

Gentianae Longdancao, Radix

Properties: BITTER - COLD
Dosage: 3-9g.
Meridian: GALLBLADDER, LIVER, STOMACH

-drain damp heat from liver and gallbladder
–red-swollen-sore throat/eyes/ears, jaundice, painful-swollen genitals, leucorrhea

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An Chong Tang

Natural Chinese Herbal Formulas For Womens Health and Pregnancy Disorders

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acupuncture 101

acupuncture 

Maximizing health, relieving pain. Your body is a dynamic environment of interrelating and interconnecting networks. Some of these networks are obvious and others are more subtle.

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Treating An Earth "Causative Factor" Patient Using Classical Five-Element Acupuncture